[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ablution and then took some water and wiped his head with it. He said, "I wiped the insides of my ears with the middle fingers of my hands and the thumbs from behind my ears." Our companions said, "It is as if he were isolating two fingers from each hand and when he finished wiping his head, he wiped his ears with them." It has been narrated in this hadith that he wiped the insides of his ears with his index fingers and contrary to that, he wiped the inner and outer parts of his ears with his thumbs. Abu Abdullah al-Haafiz informed us, Abu al-Walid al-Faqih narrated from Al-Hassan ibn Sufyan, who narrated from Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, who narrated from Ibn Ajlan and he mentioned it in his chain.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ شَيْئًا مِنْ مَاءٍ فَمَسَحَ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ قَالَ بِالْوُسْطَيَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ فِي بَاطِنِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَالْإِبْهَامَيْنِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَقَالَ أَصْحَابُنَا فَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَعْزِلُ مِنْ كُلِّ يَدٍ أُصْبُعَيْنِ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ مَسْحِ الرَّأْسِ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ 316 وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَسَحُ أُذُنَيْهِ دَاخِلَهُمَا بِالسَّبَابَتَيْنِ وَخَالَفَ بِإِبْهَامَيْهِ فَمَسَحَ بَاطِنَهُمَا وَظَاهِرَهُمَا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ أنا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ